cubismo
Portuguese
Etymology
From French cubisme, from Latin cubus (“mass, quantity”), from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “cube, square”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈbiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuˈbiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈbiz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈbiʒ.mu/ [kuˈβiʒ.mu]
Noun
cubismo m (uncountable)
- cubism (an artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French cubisme, from cube (“cube”). By surface analysis, cubo (“cube”) + -ismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈbismo/ [kuˈβ̞iz.mo]
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: cu‧bis‧mo
Related terms
Further reading
- “cubismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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